Upcoming / Funding Watch — annual Idaho SHIP program is current; applicant-level 2026-27 subgrant window is not publicly postedAtlas Opportunity Score 90/100
Idaho Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) — 2026-27 Annual Subgrant Funding Watch
FundingIdaho Department of Health and Welfare states that annual SHIP subgrant opportunities are available up to $11,000 for eligible Idaho Critical Access Hospitals during the SHIP grant year, which runs June through May. The current Idaho DHW public page does not publish a total 2026-27 state subgrant pool or a guaranteed award amount for any hospital.
DeadlineFunding Watch / Source Verification Hold. The current Idaho DHW public page does not publish a standalone 2026-27 SHIP application opening date, closing deadline, exact cutoff time, or time zone. Do not infer an application window or calculate an ORIGINAL-outreach cutoff until the controlling current Idaho SHIP subgrant materials are verified.
Last verifiedSeptember 24, 2026
Required next actionKeep unpublished. Obtain and verify the controlling Idaho 2026-27 SHIP subgrant application, invitation, or guidance and confirm the exact eligible-hospital roster, application window and time zone, award mechanics, match or cost-share, allowable and excluded costs, required forms and attachments, scoring or allocation controls, procurement requirements, submission method, amendments, and current status. Before any ORIGINAL outreach, verify the opportunity is actionable, the hospital is legitimately eligible, a named business Contact is authoritative, Email_Opt_Out is not true, there is no authoritative permanent hard bounce, and no prior successful original transmission exists for the same opportunity. Ordinary initial outreach must not introduce N9+.
Broad Eligibility
Idaho DHW states that the Idaho Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program offers annual subgrant opportunities to Idaho Critical Access Hospitals. Current HRSA SHIP guidance defines participating facilities as rural, non-federal acute-care hospitals with 49 beds or fewer and directs hospitals to work through their State Office of Rural Health. Final Idaho 2026-27 hospital eligibility and participation controls must come from the current state subgrant materials.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100 as a strong recurring Idaho rural-hospital operations and health-information-technology funding pathway. Idaho DHW currently lists SHIP uses tied to value-based purchasing, accountable care/shared savings, and payment bundling/prospective payment systems, including reporting, quality outcomes, accountability, and coding. HRSA states SHIP funds may support hardware, software, and training and reports that about 19% of SHIP hospitals used funds for telehealth or health IT in 2023. N9+ Fit 55/100 CONDITIONAL: a legitimate hospital-led telehealth, connected-exam, or health-IT use may be defensible only if the current Idaho subgrant packet expressly permits the project-specific cost and the hospital establishes the need. QC Healthcare Fit 30/100 conditional as a potential applicant-selected vendor or project partner, not as the eligible grantee. Dr. Miltie is not a direct applicant. Do not force N9+ and do not mention it in ordinary initial outreach.
Source verificationOfficial government source · healthandwelfare.idaho.govAtlas last verified this record September 24, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗